Order being accepted either tonight or tomorrow! My brother already has his WRX donor car and will probably start taking it apart pretty soon.

I still can't believe what they have designed for only $10,000 for the kit, plus whatever you can get a kit for, most likely going to be $15K finished. 265 hp stock, easily upgraded to over 300 hp, mid engine, 1800 lbs. It's going to be a killer on the track.

Who's building on? I was going to until I decided to build a CMC car. I'm looking forward to helping my brother with his next year when he gets his kit.

Looks like a S2000 and a MR2 made out.

I like it, but I don't care for the extra body lines in the front bumper, looks a bit ricer-ish to me. They may aid in stiffness though which would be important with 6-8" of splitter tacked on in front of it thought.

I'd like to think its heavy for what it is, but I've seen quite a few completed locosts that are over 1500lbs by the time someone puts in creature comforts, DOT glass, builds a 4-4-2 oversized frame, and puts a cast iron block DOHC motor in one. I have no clue on the weight of subby components though, and I see a turbo opposing 4 weighing a lot more than an NA inline 4. The criticism on only being able to use the 5-speed seems like it may not be an issue to me if it's only being used in FWD and not AWD, but I'm far from an expert.

I read through a bit of the thread on C-C the other day, looking at the prototype photos it looks okay with some concerns. The strut to a-arm adapter looks like an abortion to me, but I haven't seen a very good photo of it either. Doesn't help that I'm not a fan of the fourth gen style tall spindle SLA setup when you can run a lot lower scrub and SAI inside of the high offset wheels that are becoming the norm. Front roll center looks high to me, but ride height could be way off.

http://www.emotorsports.org/images/GRM/DSC_0065.JPG

The C4 5-link style of rear suspension can cause a lot of toe-change too. Usually the toe-rod needs to be much longer than the other links in that style of 5-link which doesn't look to be the case. Looks like the three lower links are all in plane which I think may cause bind too.

http://www.emotorsports.org/images/GRM/DSC_0088.JPG
http://www.emotorsports.org/images/GRM/DSC_0086.JPG

Being the prototype I'm sure they'll be changing stuff prior to shipping kits.

There are definitely going to be some changes made to it before the first kit is shipped out some time towards the middle of next year. As far as the body, I agree it's not my favorite, but it's still pretty damn cool. Plus, what kind of car looks like that for $15000? I think the weight is pretty good. How does a Miata weigh 2400 lbs? Even an Elise is 1900 lbs. 1800 lbs ain't bad.

I really hope they come out with a hard top version. I don't care for open tops.

The 5 speed has been covered to death on the forums. It isn't going to be an issue. I know it's considered weak, but that's in a full size sedan with an insane amount of traction. This light, RWD car isn't going to have an issue until you start putting insane power.

Have you seen how fast Elise's are with 300 hp? I just hope FFR gets the suspension right.